Platform Engineer

Capgemini Engineering; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 108,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health programs

Financial well-being programs such as 401(k)

Paid time off and paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Family building benefits

Social well-being benefits

Mentoring and learning programs

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering is seeking a Kubernetes Platform Engineer to design and operate Kubernetes-based hosting platforms for edge and embedded systems. This role involves ensuring platform security, scalability, and resilience while automating processes and optimizing performance. Strong skills in Go, Kubernetes management, and experience in telecom are valued.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing Kubernetes platform components and lifecycle operations.
• Proficiency with Helm charts and Argo CD for application and platform deployment.
• Strong skills in Go, Bash scripting, YAML/JSON configuration, and REST API development.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes (K3s) clusters across edge and embedded systems.
• Integrate Kubernetes with Linux-based infrastructure bootstrapped via PXE, OTA, and other provisioning methods.
• Automate cluster provisioning, node registration, and upgrade workflows.
• Monitor platform health using Prometheus, Grafana, and Kubernetes Events.
• Enforce network policies, RBAC, secrets management, and container security best practices.
• Optimize Kubernetes performance on constrained hardware and air-gapped systems.

Skills

Kubernetes management

Go programming

Bash scripting

YAML/JSON configuration

REST API development

Messaging systems (MQTT)

Network policy management

Job description

We are seeking a Kubernetes Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes-based hosting platforms across edge and embedded systems. You’ll play a critical role in ensuring our platform is secure, scalable, and resilient—supporting multi-tenant services and orchestrating workloads across aircraft and ground-based environments. This is a high-impact role for engineers who thrive in cloud-native ecosystems and are passionate about automation, security, and performance optimization. Experience in the telecom domain and networking is a strong plus.

Your role

• Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes (K3s) clusters across edge and embedded systems.
• Integrate Kubernetes with Linux-based infrastructure bootstrapped via PXE, OTA, and other provisioning methods.
• Develop and maintain custom Kubernetes controllers, CRDs, and operators to extend platform capabilities.
• Automate cluster provisioning, node registration, and upgrade workflows.
• Monitor platform health using Prometheus, Grafana, and Kubernetes Events.
• Enforce network policies, RBAC, secrets management, and container security best practices.
• Optimize Kubernetes performance on constrained hardware and air-gapped systems.
• Troubleshoot container runtimes, DNS resolution, and overlay networking (e.g., Calico, Flannel).

Your skills and experience

• 5+ years of experience managing Kubernetes platform components and lifecycle operations.
• Proficiency with Helm charts and Argo CD for application and platform deployment.
• Strong skills in Go, Bash scripting, YAML/JSON configuration, and REST API development.
• Experience implementing messaging systems like MQTT for platform integration.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes CNI plugins and network policy management.
• Management of file-based data offloading systems using CephFS or S3-compatible stores

Life at Capgemini

Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer:

• Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
• Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
• Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
• Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Disaster Relief

About Capgemini Engineering

World leader in engineering and R&D services, Capgemini Engineering combines its broad industry knowledge and cutting-edge technologies in digital and software to support the convergence of the physical and digital worlds. Coupled with the capabilities of the rest of the Group, it helps clients to accelerate their journey towards Intelligent Industry. Capgemini Engineering has 65,000 engineer and scientist team members in over 30 countries across sectors including Aeronautics, Space, Defense, Naval, Automotive, Rail, Infrastructure & Transportation, Energy, Utilities &

Chemicals, Life Sciences, Communications, Semiconductor & Electronics, Industrial & Consumer, Software & Internet.

Capgemini Engineering is an integral part of the Capgemini Group, a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

Get the future you want | www.capgemini.com

Disclaimer

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.

Capgemini is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodation, please reach out to your recruiting contact.

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